This is a documentary made with the support of the Community Radio Network. The documentary discusses the importance of a support for people with disabilities to have a voice on the radio. It tells the history of Making Airwaves, its relationship with Eastside Radio, the challenges faced and its plans for the future. We hear […]
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On Arts Wednesday 31 August 2016, Fred Smith was Sylvia’s guest. They talked about his book Dust of Uruzgan and played music from his album of the same name. We began with the title song Dust of Uruzgan: Then Part 1 of the conversation: Now listen to Fred singing Sapper’s Lullaby from the album: […]
Artist Guo Jian experienced the Cultural Revolution and the horrifying Tiananmen Square Massacre. He has been detained and deported – all for creating art. Tune in to The Dialogue at 6pm Wednesday 31 August when I chat to Guo Jian about his youth, his art and 160kg of minced pork! […]
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Missed tonight’s show? Plug into the podcast here:https://eastsidefm.org/boilingpoint/# Luke McPhan began part one in his two-part special on the leaps and bounds in genetic engineering – with CRISPR and human clinical trials set to begin in China: https://www.nature.com/…/chinese-scientists-to-pioneer-first… … Danny Bartos took gaseous carbon dioxide and converted it into fuel: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releas…/2016/…/160825113217.htm And Chantelle Doyle brought […]
David Barr from Tuesday Drive talks with Canadian blues man Charlie A’Court about his current Australian tour. Charlie is doing a Chess Records tribute show with Chris Wilson and Ray Beadle at the Brass Monkey next Friday and The Basement next Saturday 3 September 2016. The show will be a celebration of all the great […]
Ed Lippmann joins us at 10:40 am for Part 5 of Sydney By Design and this week he continues the discussion on Parramatta. At 11:00 am I will play an interview I recorded with Fred Smith, musician, singer and songwriter who is also a diplomat. He served two terms of duty in Afghanistan and has […]
Ever wished it was your music we played at our station, but you never quite figured out how to master the Saxaphone? The Sydney Conservatorium of Music can help you learn to rock out on that instrument you’ve always-wanted-to-learn-but-never-had-the-time! Short music courses at The Con kick off again on 10 October. With over 30 courses […]
‘Upward Spiral’ by Branford Marsalis Quartet with Kurt Elling is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. The album we are bringing you this week is one that will be a crowd favourite world wide as American saxophonist, composer and bandleader Branford Marsalis has brought us yet another album. With a career in the music industry […]
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The SmartFone Flick Fest (SF3) co-director, Angela Blake, Sydney Fringe Festival Director, Kerri Glasscock, and Hunted the Interactive Horror Experience Creator, Emma Humphreys are my guests today. SmartFone Flick Fest is Australia’s international smartphone film festival for filmmakers of all ages. SF3 has just announced its award winners for 2016. Award categories include: Best Film; […]
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Charity event “Bearsford For Bears” is coming to Upstairs Beresford venue to support Animals Asia which are dedicated to rescue Moon Bears in China and Vietnam. The event features singer songwriters and comedians guaranteeing a night of good tunes and a lot of amusement. Part of this event is dedicated to Johnny O’Keefe. We’ve got the […]
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The winner of the 2015 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize Trent Mitchell will be featuring some of his most prestigious works at Juniper Hall this August/September that have won him numerous awards over his illustrious career as a photographer. The exhibition will focus on Trent’s body of work that has been taken from over 5,500 film […]
From light-tripping abstracts to brutal architectural angles, acute observations to stunning panoramas, TIM RITCHIE’s photographs of early morning Sydney have become an unmissable feature of the daily social-media feeds for thousands of locals. In his first solo exhibition, the former Radio National Music Director and one of the original Double J / triple j crew, […]